{"id":43,"date":"2020-06-06T07:07:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T07:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playsense.co.nz\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2022-01-26T10:04:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T10:04:33","slug":"play-therapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playsense.co.nz\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"Play Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Play Therapy?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Play is a child’s natural medium to learn, develop and communicate. Some children find it difficult to express themselves through talking; therefore play therapy uses play to help children explore their experiences and express themselves. Play therapy helps children understand their feelings, difficult events and behaviour.<\/p>\n

Play therapists are trained to use play as a child\u2019s natural form of expression to understand and communicate with children about feelings, thoughts and behaviours. Therapy takes place in a playroom, which has a selection of play materials including arts and crafts, animals, figures, puppets books as well as sand and water. Children can use these materials to express themselves and explore their feelings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n

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Who can Play Therapy help?<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Play Therapy can help children, their parents, carer, family or whanau understand their feelings.\u00a0 It can help with issues such as:<\/p>\n